A beautiful Los Angeles baby Kate (5 months old) visited San Francisco on her mommy, Michele’s birthday. It is also Michele’s very first Mother’s Day, so it was an extra special photoshoot!

Here is the Ferry Building at 8:30am. Already people lining up at every store!

I wonder at what age babies know that’s their own reflection.

The yellow glow is from the premium olive oil bottles that lined the walls.

A peach for a peach.

I took this photo through a gap in a wire display of boxed chocolates.

I LOVE the color patterns and the framing of mommy stealing a kiss. The fact that you only see a part of Michele and Kate’s faces puts an emphasis on the kiss itself.

A visit to San Francisco means we MUST take a photo of the Bay Bridge. I have a bunch of great family portraits of Michele, Al and Kate, but this one is my favorite because they are relaxed and just being themselves.

I love the lighting in this photo of the Bay Bridge. The sun sat just above the bridge and made parts of the water dance with reflections.

Couldn’t wait to see these photos on a computer when we got home. I love them all and particularly the one with us in the mirror, but the one that brought tears to my eyes is the one you took between the white and green chocolate boxes. The look in Kate’s eyes says it all. Thank you so much for capturing these special moments!

Kate was such a good baby. Cute and mellow. She smiled when I played with her, ate when she was hungry, and napped when she was tired! Such an angel. The location had it’s set of challenges – mostly bec it is usually so crowded there on the weekends with the farmer’s market. But it was also Mother’s Day weekend, so it was extra crowded from out-of-towners. I had to get creative with the shots. Plus, it happened to be one of the sunniest mornings in SF I’ve ever seen! So we ended up staying indoors most of the time, so I had play with angles and camera settings to get the right exposure indoors. The coolest part is that Michele and Al are so kick back that even in the hustle and bustle of the ferry building, we were just hanging out and going with the flow. I loved it!

I used to eat at Taylor’s all the time when I’d visit the ferry building, so it was weird for me to leave without getting a burger. So it’s funny you say that, Binh. On my way home, I had to stop by In N Out to satisfy my craving.